Table 1. Associations between IL-19 expression in 60 esophageal SCC tumors with important clinicopathologic variables.

Parameter	Category	n	IL-19 expression			P value
			Low	High
			24 (40%)	36 (60%)
Primary tumor (T)	T1	2	2	0	0.019
	T2	9	7	2
	T3	33	11	22
	T4	16	4	12
Nodal status (N)	N0	14	10	4	0.034
	N1	17	7	10
	N2	16	4	12
	N3	13	3	10
DistantMetastasis (M)	M0	43	22	21	0.014
	M1	17	2	15
Stage	2	18	12	6	0.035
	3	30	10	20
	4	12	2	10